The main concern of the Ministry of Health is «testing, isolating, protecting and treating», always according to the DGS, the Secretary of State for Health has just said, at the daily press conference to assess the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
António Lacerda Sales announced that last week the national reserve received 66 tests, 5,2 million masks, 1,2 million FFP2 respirators, gowns, cover-boots and suits. “For this week, we plan to continue receiving material. Today, 700 thousand FFP2 respirators should arrive, 200 thousand tests. In the coming days, about 100 tons of PPE [personal protection equipment] will arrive.».
The government official recalled that "two weeks ago schools were closed and families have been in their homes for two weeks to do their part in this fight against the pandemic." “We all have to continue this work because this virus does not give truce”, he stressed.
António Lacerda Sales thanked the Portuguese, who have been "exemplary" in civic behavior, warning those who "still hesitate to follow this conduct, tempted by a sunny morning or a false idea of invincibility": "staying at home is saving lives ».
According to the secretary of state, there was a "significant increase in the number of tests", as well as "gradually increasing" the "laboratory capacity" since the beginning of the epidemic.
“Up to the 25th, 36.677 analyzes were carried out in the public and private sectors, which is a significant increase in these numbers”. “On March 25, more than 5.100 samples were processed”. "These results are only possible thanks to the tireless work of laboratories in the public network, but also in the private network," he said.
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